be opaque
Frequency: 8.015.5 per million words
Used to describe a state of not being clear enough to see through.
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Examples (10)
- As the lens becomes more opaque, the patient notices a falling off in vision.
- These crystals are completely opaque and nearly black.
- Both question and answer are rather opaque.
- The decision-making process remains somewhat opaque.
- The system is completely opaque to non-specialists.
- The government's explanations were deliberately opaque, raising suspicions.
- After years, the old glass had become so opaque it blocked all light.
- The instructions for assembling the furniture were incredibly opaque.
- Her reasons for leaving were and remain opaque to everyone.
- The thick fog caused the usually clear waters to be almost completely opaque.